PI'~OJECT 100"73 RECORD CARD n. CO:-tCLUSIONS 1. J ,_ 64 Pauuc'lhJ t:!ntudty o :&. OA"it: r:.\ .. f. GROU? 1. TYPE OF OBSERVATION :tl Grou11d VI su-:JI 0 n round-Rodor 0 Air-lnt arc11pt Roder Wo:; IJo ll oon P robobly Balloon Po:;;:..iuly Bnlloon Wo~ Aircr:aft Pro bob I y Ai r c r oft Pv:;"'ibly Aircrnft Wa~ A5tronomicol Prohouly Astr~nomlcol Pos~ihly As:m11ornic:JI !11 suffi c:i .,nt Dot a for Evaluation lO. BRlEF S!JWo~AO';' Or SICHl'ING f ound O!l g rou..."ld 11. COMMENTS Ob,ject sent t o P\~3 for &"la ly:;j.s. Obj vr-ts malted bottle or containar co~os~d or tpla.stic which h:J.d colla:9sed upon its~lf du~ to heat. liad contain~ dai3al fu.~l and was "\Tr~p.Qed i n "burl~p cloth at one t ime. No indicatio ... '1 as to how obJ arri ved ln yard. Impossible for specimP.nt o haY<e thad space residence du~ to it:J compositiot1 S ligbt radioacti1fi ty consider ed normal b.U.::~ ca.rboniz~d strea.k!3 uhich aweared to be tbe sa:ue a.s t~1e ca.rbonizad r.:a::.a::ia.l on the outer po::1;ioa. No cloth Has apparent -...ri"c.bin tbe c:ro:sd A chloroform extract ua.a obtained f:cam tha dirt :for infrared s.b 30.:-?tion analysis. T~ black e::da-act waa found to contaitl. e. J.ong-cha:in ~ .. l.:...?'c&t.lc hydrocarbon ?.:~a scme a.romatica. No:ce ~rcma-tic ll'bso.rpti on was :f'o-..nd in this extract t::an noroally occura in most motor iuel u. '.i'h~ spitc t rum a:Ppea-red mont likely to be that of a :f'ue~ oil. Tee gr nish-ap:p.etU1.ng rna.terj s.l., which made up .most of tile obj~t, t~s ana~ed by in!::"ared a.b'3or,.L)tion technique3 end found to be Blac~ waterial scraped :flom tbe surface or the ob.ject wa found to sand pl.ua clay :;>lua hydrocarbon (:9robablj the same as :f'o,md 1n th~ Tha data for qualitative em.Lssion spectrograpilic a ns.J.yges of vs.r!.:u3 ~ortions of the unidentified object a:1d surrounding earth are gi v~n in T.abl.s I. Th2 portions anal ~ed are identir.Led a.s fol l OW"a : Earth f:rom jar Ch3.oroform extract o:f' earth from jar ~oain-11n~ cloth from object St.raigC.~ fiber from object Green -pl.a.stic: from outaide surface! of object Gre~n '"'.)laatic ma:ta:r13J. :trom inaide 67.trfa.ce of' obj.~c~ {sectioned surface) ( 8} Sample from b Jack stre~ on sectioned sur:f~e. An indication of the relative amount of each el.Gment present in the samples is given by H, M, L, T or --stand-ins for higil trace, or nona found respectively. The r~sul.ta must b~ teDIJ)ered tron Bampl.e tO sample because of di:tferencea in sample weights. T!le sa::npl.e s of earth ruld pla~tic were large being of the order of 1 t o 10 m:!.~-: ~ ;:o.lrAs whereas the otber samples vere s:na.ll b1~bg or the order of :f'rac~.:..ons of a. mi 11 igrazn. !Jo unusual .::unounta nor contents or el.eme!lta "With tr.a.t oi' a. sa."'ld-eacr"..l3tad :plastic obj~ct acd sandy earth ::>atu:-tt.t~d th oil.. No indica:ticn o:f t11e cause o! tha gre~n colo:r i;l tt.e :plastic Lr'~ t.!.cn Chlo1 o .form ~:ctlacii of Ba.no:r utf:lia~ lrC:I!l. Ch!:.i..'l-link c loth st~aiGbt fiber i'rOill obj~ct Crre~n :l)1a3tic f".rom i~lr l.!CC uf c.bj~ct (s~c-tio . .:;:1 surfe-ctol) Run ~Jl& D'Gl.. b1c.clr. SPZDrHOC.nfl.PJIC DATA FQ"f\ U!IT!;EN'l'IFIED JJ,D Sill\R OOHDII{Q EARTH )!; J.nl!iell'tt> lJI..! it::C; t:C::d wa:J l01.md e:tchar by emission s:pactrographic or by in:f'!'ared absorytion f1.r.td.ly<>e3. .&na.J 1 a:uounta o f ~en dye a.l'e ccmm~nly n.d cled to pla.stic3 f or c o7.r.rtng a.nd would not be detected ordinarily by inf:ra.!"ed tecbniq~a a~ ~a~ low concentrations. A chec!t for rMioactivity of ehe m:pla, mc:asured with s ~..r...--~y meter., shoved little i~ a.ny ra.dia.tion above the normal bac1cground CONCWSICNS Based OA t!la abO"'Te dascribed e::<asoioations and data our c o.aclU31ons a.:r-~ that the aam.pla i s a. piec2 of green-colored pol3styrene :plastic of the! i::-9xpensive -type common.l;y' used for toys, tile, e c. Sinc9 (~) polystyrene ob jacts ars not commo~ reinforced with cloth, ( 2) the ch.a..-.red cloth '"ao e.p:varent only on one side o:f. tna object, (3) he odor nnd jn:f'rared data on the surround:2ng earth indicate that it 1-ras probably ss:~UZ'9.ted il1:th f"..1el. oU, ~ ( 1+) the plaatic uaa a.p~ntly hot enough to have been molten, it is believed .lfkel;( that tbia is mere~ a plaatia object which baa been co-T!!red u :t't:h a cotton cloth sa.tura:ted with fuel oil c:md burned at. a high e:J.o~ tem~rs.t~ t o causa the plastic to becQIT\t:t mol:ten.. I t i9 not J fk..a~ t b.9.t t he obj~c~ ente r e d :frcm otrt;side the atmos:P.h~re s1nce t.he melting poi:1t o !" poJ:ystyr~e is low and tae object. would vel:y J t~taly have burned completel;:r fOREIGN TECH~lOLOGY OIVISIOH,AFSC Nagnificat!.or. l84X UNCUSSIFI0 Fia 3 Cotton Fibers 1:t~ a ~bread or the Cloth Utl<LASSiftli) FORE:GN lECHNOlOGY DIVI~ION.hfSC UllCt l \ ':If l[t) UHCLASSifl0 'Fi l ~ h Pho tomi clograph of Three Li..n.ks Rc:1cveJ. ~Y~ the Fragile Cloth. FORCIGN TECHNOlOGY DtVISION.AfSC IHcClASSiflttl 1-t:lgo.ifi~J.tion lOX F-~!> l A Photodc r ograph of th!: Clot h in t be PlasT.i c . 36~ ]icllard .~. Maner ?~cue~ Air ~orce Recruiting Ortic e 214-ll :':la"t; Off1ce "3uilding -a..rtucah J Xentuc!q 6 August l9o4 l. Til~ ob ject -,ilicll t moued over to yc;tl o n :,:,ncl.ay J l J"\me, tas bee:1 anal;rzed b y our o.f'tice. .\ copy or ~his !"el'X>rt i.;; attached. You JJB.:f 1nfor.n :u-s. the results of our :"!nd1n~a and 3llO noti.t:'j' the neva :nedia at. Psducah, vhich expressed t..!lte~at i n this object. .rro ;or-cion of "tht! aa.mpla 13 being returned 3 :nee the object i ~sel.:f' 1-ro.s c onsu;ned in t..he analygia. Essentially f"..he ~sul~s of' the ana : ;rs!.a aM carried on pa~ 8 of the Attachment l . :!le obj~ct -..~as a p L3.atic contailler of some sort -whi~b. ba(l been co"'~red ;i -:b a cot-:on cloth sat\trated 1ri th fuel oil a.'"ld burned a t a tetrrp~ra t..ur-3 aurt1ciant t o cause tbe .._,lastic ""CO become lllOlten. ~lhile w~ :1rs ~.,l~ to 1dent1 I7 :be oo.;~ct) ... .-e offer n o ex:;>lanatlc.n as t o 1<~0.y the ooject ~ i n ber backyard 2 . T;a,.i.L~ thia !)IU"'t!cular obje~t did not have a S98Ce re9idueJ you :1re to ~e c cnmtended for j'OU:: action j_n insuring that the .~ir ~ore~ did obtain an object ot .9()tential sc1.enti.f"1c value. FOR 'l'HB C~ E1~IC T. de JONCX?SF:Jm l A tch Colon~ l, USO I:'e91-:y :"or T!!ch:nologj" and SUbsyst~ms ... \naly3i:s .Re3X'rt (2 Cys) in r. ~.: ts.ck ;n -rd >lO!ldf.<.;,t 1 J Utle 1')6 t~. ..ih e :i<;id 5t13 he:t.cd t!': ~ :, .. :-d. ....~.bout :5:P:t .:)a turd:ly. She never thou.;;h t u:-tyth Lni_; l'ouud th ...: ob~ :le t .;,J'7lsthln.& fulL Ltl -bo!Jt l t un~i 1_ :..h(,.; f')lJnd the &rea. und al.so t ooK ~o:ila of tho d 1rt. I t b.;rr.~t ::n :1ro:1 for cord: Object turn?.d orer to ~:r F, G. Jacocks: for a.n:..lyfiis- .!ill tinb~ to HEAOQUA~TERS F OREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION AIR FORC SY.:;TEMS COMMAND UHITEO :STAr.:! 'S AIR P'OAC E l'rHI~H rPATTCR.iON AIR Fl)qCt;: ll.l\31'!: OHI O PE"'\.Y TO ':'::a:-:.3.-ai. t tal of Report ';J~W (Capt Quint;anilla) l . Rafe~enoa is made t o the plastic sample supplied b y TD~H to :':.Z:'l? rith r9quast for ox.:1mination and enaly~is on or about 2. P"lS has co:nlJ!--at9d the requasted examination and has submitted ~ r9:;:>ort of t~a oo:::t;>lat;e findings. 3 . Subject ~eport i s harewith tra nsmitted for ratantion by your ~oduoibility Division 'l"'he greeni s h ob j~ct e.nd tt-a :)S."ll.plea of earth c.nd ~TS.S3 ubicb ourrounded i t uere examined mlcroscopically and o.nly7.ed by emission op~e-:rog=a!)hlc e.nu inl'rared a.bsorpt.io.n methods. 'l~e data for these ~nalv' .Jd\3 f'..lld observation.s e.re given :tn this ~ceport. Tbe obj ects s.nd the resul~s b.2,~ ::> e-en. dl~cussed ~.nth plastic a nd petrol9um specia l:!.st:-; and our cb -sa:-v3tions and concl,lsion;:l ere incl,.!ded in tb.e latter part of thi.s N:.:::ro s c o\>:tc e..nd Visual ~ioations Examina.t.ions o f t he greenish object visually 3..4"-ld tdcro.sco.pica.J l.y r s.led t:cat probably i t bad been charred o.nd d:Lstorted by ha.vin3 been ::.es::~ to a molten s~--:a. One side vaa covsr~d ~rith sand ond pl3Ut debris; tb.e l.atter appeared t..:> be! moatly grssa roots. This sida also disJ)layed :s..:;.me r-a.rtly exposed embedded cloth. The other side 1ms primarily g::eeniah plastic 1n appearance. Emphaaia in the microscopical exa.-ninaticn, we.3 :pl3.ced on the i dentificstion of the charr~d <!loth, si..:lc<! thia appeared 'to be an unua,wl. findin.g. It. '..Tas :fotmd to be a cot.ton cloth bs.ving a chain- ]i!lk t~ kn1.t. Photcmic:rograpbs were taken oi': (l) the clotb. ill t h a p1.3.stic; (2) three l1:1'<s of the knit removed :from the clo-th embedded in t~e ~!as-tic; and (3) fibers f'rom a thread of the cloth. 'J.1hese are included and 3, res~ctively. A s:pec:lmem of' t!:e airt, col -'1cted f:r01ll tb.e rer..or&~d 8 -:J.:nch disneter a.!'ea encompassing t .he g:reenish-objact, r..ra3 eaiheldad in cpox:l and Magnification lOX A Photomicrograph of tlle Cloth in the P.l..~stic. Nagnification 65X A Photomic r ogra:9h o.f' Three Links R~moved F:-om t::te Fra~ J e Cloth. Magnification ~84X cotton Fibers From a Thread of the Clotb